Still More Christmas Crackers: Being Ten Commonplace Selections 1990-1999 - Hardcover

Norwich, John Julius

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670893927 ISBN 13: 9780670893928

Publisher: Viking, 2000

Synopsis

Based on selections of poetry and prose that John Julius Norwich sends each year to friends in lieu of a Christmas card, this is the third volume and covers the years from 1990 to 2000. Norwich displays his keen talent for finding obscure and hilarious articles, musings and poetry.

About this title

Synopsis:

This work comprises 10 pamphlets published or given to friends by Lord Norwich at Christmas. Contributors as diverse as Charles Dodgson and Freya Stark, Nelson and Catullus, cover subjects as such as pigsticking and the papacy, the culinary preparation of puffins and the worst ever novel.

About the Author:

John Julius Norwich was born in 1929 and was educated at Eton and Oxford. He has written a wide range of books on history and travel, most famously the Byzantium and Venice series. His most recent publication, SHAKESPEARE'S KINGS was published by Viking in 1999.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0670893927
• ISBN 13: 9780670893928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368